The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-11-19
WASHINGTON.
FIsE oNr regular Correspondent.
ashlngton, Nov. B, 1887.

Now that the opening OF Con
gress Is only n few weeks off,
Washington is busy preparing for
the annual event. Abscntses are
returning rapidly. Everyday ore
meets more familiar faces on the
streets, and every day there ar
rives a contingent OF that great
floating population peculiar to the
Capital.
Every moment of the Presidents
time that can be spared from the
daily routine duties, Is spent upon
the preparation OF his message to
the Fifticth Congress. The mem
bers of the Cabinet, the chiefs of
bureaus and the heads of divisions
are busy contributing to This lite
rary medley (the Presidential mes
saEe) inasmuch as they compile
much of the data from which it is
made.
The official report of Attorney
General Garland is already IN the
hands of the President. Secretary
Fairchild, Of the Treasury, has
been cancelled to seek the prlva-
cy Of his home in order to find
time for the preparation of his an
nual report. The Secretary of the
Navy is still absent in New York
under the supervision OF his ply,
stefan, and will probably not be in
condition TO furnish an official pa.
per at all this year. The Secreta
ries Of War and of the interior
have been at their posts for some
weeks, and are at work on theil
reports.
The most interesting event O
the past ten days here, has beer
the hearing of the Anarchists ap-
peal to the Supreme Court. The
Supreme Court room at the Capt.
tol has been crowded each day b,
lawyers and newspaper men, anc
on Wednesday, when the decision
against them was rendered, it wa,
packed 70 suffocation.
The United States Court O
Claims, which took a recess las,
May, met sgain on Monday last
fCr what they call the winter
term" This court is composed O
five venerable gentlemen who dc
3 Little work and enjoy much leis
uE1. They each get a salary o
81, 500 per year, which is gooC
pay, Judging from results.
There is a docket of over three
thousand cases that confront,
them now. Many of the creditor.
of the Government who have
claims before this court tor adm
dicaeion will have finance, patti
once, courage and hope exhausted
even if they do not drop into tn,
church yard and mad house before
their pending csses are disposed
of. Dickens says in "Bleal
house" of She Court of Chancerv
"Sutfer any wrong that can bC
do re you, rather than come here
and | tnink there is c close anal
ogy between the two tribunals.
1t is thought the coming winter
will be one of unusual interest
mere. The Congressional session
will be long and busy. the socia,
season long and brilliant. The
eve of a Presidential campaign is
always 3 lively winter in a social
way here. Then another consid,
Grafton in tavor of the long session
OF the new Congress, is that 1t will
be leap year when the official sea
son opens. The fact .hat furnished
private residences here are quoted
as high as $1,000 per month,
proves thA' these things are appre
ciatsd by these outside, as well 70
the high esteem Il which the city
is held rs a winter resort
The season will be officially
launched, as usual, this wear bv
the Presidents reception at the
White HOUse on Nav, Yoor,. no